Echinostome Infections in the Striped-Field Mouse, Apodemus agrarius, and the Ussuri White-Toothed Shrew, Crocidura lasiura, Caught Near the Demilitarized Zone, Gyeonggi-do (Province), Republic of Korea.
10.3347/kjp.2009.47.3.311
- Author:
Jong Yil CHAI
1
;
Jae Hwan PARK
;
Bong Kwang JUNG
;
Sang Mee GUK
;
Jae Lip KIM
;
Eun Hee SHIN
;
Terry A KLEIN
;
Heung Chul KIM
;
Sung Tae CHONG
;
Luck Ju BAEK
;
Jin Won SONG
Author Information
1. Department of Parasitology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, and Institute of Endemic Diseases, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul 110-799, Korea. cjy@snu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Brief Communication ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- Keywords:
Echinostoma hortense;
Echinostoma cinetorchis;
Euparyphium murinum;
Echinochasmus japonicus;
striped field mouse;
Apodemus agrarius;
shrew;
Crocidura lasiura;
DMZ
- MeSH:
Animals;
Echinostoma/*isolation & purification;
Echinostomiasis/parasitology/*veterinary;
Humans;
Insectivora/*parasitology;
Korea;
Mice;
*Murinae/parasitology;
Rodent Diseases/*parasitology;
Rodentia;
Shrews/parasitology
- From:The Korean Journal of Parasitology
2009;47(3):311-314
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
A total of 1,498 small mammals (rodents and insectivores), including Apodemus agrarius (n = 1,366), Crocidura lasiura (54), Mus musculus (32), Micronytus fortis (28), Eothenomys regulus (9), Micronys minutes (6), and Cricetulus triton (3), were live-trapped in Gyeonggi-do (Province) (Paju-si, Pocheon-gun, and Yeoncheon-gun) near the demilitarized zone (DMZ) from December 2004 to September 2005. A. agrarius was found to be infected with 3 species of echinostomes (Echinostoma hortense, Echinostoma cinetorchis, and Euparyphium murinum), while C. lasiura was infected with 1 species (Echinochasmus japonicas) of echinostome. Other mammals were free from echinostome infections. Total 16 E. hortense were detected in 7 (0.5%) mice, 9 E. cinetorchis from 5 (0.4%), and 3 E. murinum from 2 (0.1%) out of 1.366 A. agrarius examined. E. japonicus was found only in 1 (1.9%; total 3 specimens) C. lasiura. These results demonstrate that A. agrarius and C. lasiura, inhabiting near the DMZ of Gyeonggi-do serve as the natural definitive hosts for several species of echinostomes, although their infection rates are low. This is the first record of natural infections of A. agrarius with E. cinetorchis and C. lasiura with E. japonicus in the Republic of Korea.
